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Olive long-tailed cuckoo

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Olive long-tailed cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cercococcyx
Species:
C. olivinus
Binomial name
Cercococcyx olivinus
Sassi, 1912

The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest.

It lays its nests on the ground,[2] and forages from the canopy of trees.[3]

Olive long-tailed cuckoos do not flock in groups.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cercococcyx olivinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683909A93006907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683909A93006907.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kupsch, Denis. Ecological and socio-economic effects of industrial oil palm plantations in Southwest Cameroon (Thesis). University Goettingen Repository.
  3. ^ a b Auerbach, Michael; Shmida, Avi (March 1993). "Vegetation Change Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Mt Hermon, Israel--No Evidence for Discrete Communities". The Journal of Ecology. 81 (1): 25. doi:10.2307/2261221. ISSN 0022-0477.


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